Controversial Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has urged the federal government to give underprivileged Almajiri children access to their own share of the “national cake”.
He made the call in a Facebook post on Monday after encountering a group of Almajiri children begging.
Gumi, who shared a video of the hapless children, decried their plight.
He repeated his January 12, 2026, call for a ‘Marshall Plan’ for Quranic education, envisioning a comprehensive strategy to modernise it while preserving its moral values, similar to the US-led post-WWWII reconstruction effort.
Gumi said: “Today, I met these almajiris waiting for alms. There is a need for a Marshall plan to give them their share of the national cake.
“The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘Are you granted victory and provided for except through your weak ones?’”
The cleric has been a strong critic of the Almajiri system in Northern Nigeria.
He has often framed the challenges inherent in the system not as a charitable concern but as a national imperative tied to societal stability.
